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### 35.6 Octave Workspace Windows

The functions below make windows that are a part of Octave’s own GUI interface visible, and move the keyboard focus to the selected window. Their utility lies in the ability to call these functions from a script and highlight a window without using a mouse for selection.

: commandhistory () ¶

  Show the GUI command history window and give it the keyboard focus.

  See also: commandwindow, filebrowser, workspace.

: commandwindow () ¶

  Show the GUI command window and give it the keyboard focus.

  See also: commandhistory, filebrowser, workspace.

: filebrowser () ¶

  Show the GUI file browser window and give it the keyboard focus.

  See also: commandwindow, commandhistory, workspace.

: workspace () ¶

  Show the GUI workspace window and give it the keyboard focus.

  See also: commandwindow, commandhistory, filebrowser.